Virgin Oceanic team has over the summer done a half dozen more test dives learning about the sub’s behavior. Things like locking in the buoyancy seem simple, but were vexing and the team would have trouble initiating a descent, then in the same dive be heavy and have a challenge returning to the surface without […]
The Marine Department of Florida has over 300 unidentified sonar hits that appear to be man made off their eastern coast. Recently Virgin Oceanic was invited to join Oceangate in diving their 5 man research sub Antipodes to recon survey “hits”. Florida, like California, does not have the money for this sort of research, but […]
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Sercel’s complete portfolio of latest-generation marine seismic systems has been deployed on yet another high-end seismic vessel. Specifically designed to perform the full range of seismic functionalities from data acquisition through positioning to control, the systems portfolio is now being successfully deployed on the Oceanic Champion, a recently upgraded vessel in the CGGVeritas fleet. The […]
Virgin Oceanic sub has entered the manned test phase with the first free, off the hook testing. For the last two weeks the Oceanic team has been testing and improving launch and recovery and pulling together the details. The first manned test by Chief Pilot Chris Welsh was brief; life support was good, and launch […]
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Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has entered into an agreement with Subsea 7 International Contracting Limited (Subsea 7), where by Subsea 7 will aquire 50% of the CSV “Normand Oceanic” through purchase of shares in a single purpose company to be incorporated. “Normand Oceanic” was delivered to SOFF from yard in April 2011 and commenced a […]
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Virgin Oceanic team started last week a series of tank and on-tether sea testing of its submarine. The sub was tested at Alameda Naval Air Station near Oakland, CA. Over two full days of testing, the team verified the operations of all the major systems of the submarine, and conducted tests of our sustained life […]
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UAE-based Oceanic Marine Contractors (OMC) has taken delivery of its state-of-the-art Oceanic 5000, which will service the offshore oil and gas construction sector. The vessel, the largest of its type in the region, is designed for worldwide operations and will focus on the installation and removal of subsea pipelines and offshore structures. Built at the […]
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Ken Johnson uses chemistry to study biology. This unusual approach is helping him understand why and how much microscopic algae grow in different parts of the world ocean. With the entire ocean as his sample bottle, Johnson’s challenge is determining where to monitor. Ideally, to get enough data, he needs to sample everywhere, simultaneously […]
CGGVeritas announced that the first project for its recently launched Oceanic Sirius X-BOW® seismic vessel will be a 3D BroadSeis™ survey on the Avaldsnes field, potentially estimated to be the third largest oil discovery in Norway, on behalf of Lundin Petroleum. The Oceanic Sirius joined the CGGVeritas fleet on 3rd October and is now […]
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ULSTEIN delivers the seismic research vessel Oceanic Sirius to Eidesvik and CGGVeritas on 3 October. Oceanic Sirius is designed and built in accordance with strict environmental standards and equipped with state-of-the-art technology for advanced seismic research operations. She is owned by a joint venture between Eidesvik and CGGVeritas. The vessel was named in a […]
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